A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Atocha in Bolivia. The epicenter was at a depth of 267.792 km (166 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.2954° West, latitude -20.8663° South, depth = 267.792 km. The temblor was reported at 05:22:16 / 5:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/24 / 2024-08-27 05:22:16 / August 27, 2024 @ 5:22 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000nn0r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nn0r.
Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Tupiza (c. 22 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Colchani (c. 12 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Uyuni (c. 10 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Colchani, Tupiza, Uyuni (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km NW of Atocha, Bolivia.
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